Essays about: "stoker"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word stoker.

  1. 1. Teaching Interpretation Through the Epistolary Novel: Using Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Teach Literary Interpretation in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Erik Hed; [2022]
    Keywords : teaching interpretation; epistolary novel; Dracula; English as a foreign language; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines how Swedish English as foreign language (EFL) students in the English 7 course can be taught textual interpretation skills through working with fiction in the classroom, using Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary novel Dracula as an example novel. A qualitative text analysis of Stoker’s novel was conducted, using Grice’s maxims of conversation and the concept of focalization, to determine the extent to which Dracula is suitable teaching material for the development of students’ interpretation skills. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mina, the "Angel", and Lucy, the "Monster" : two sides of femininity in Bram Stoker's Dracula

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Julia Bergstrand; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender roles; feminist criticism; Victorian femininity; angel in the house; monstrous femininity; virgin whore dichotomy; Bram Stoker; Dracula;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the characters Mina and Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, showing how they are juxtaposed in terms of femininity. By using feminist criticism and the concepts of the angel in the house, monstrous femininity, and the virgin/whore dichotomy, this paper explores how Mina represents the self-sacrificing, supportive, and wifely angel in the house, while Lucy represents the sexual, disobedient, and powerful monstrous female. READ MORE

  4. 3. Thermodynamic and Economic Evaluation of Hybridization Biomass-solar for a Cogeneration Power Plant in a Cuban Sugar Mill, George Washington

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Silja Lehtinen; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study evaluates the thermodynamic and economic performance of hybridization of biomass-solar for a cogeneration power plant in a Cuban sugar mill, George Washington. The evaluation is performed by varying the parameters of the thermal power block and considering scenarios with 1) bagasse and marabú, 2) bagasse and solar field, and 3) bagasse, marabú and solar field as heat sources for the cogeneration cycle. READ MORE

  5. 4. Teachers’ beliefs on utilizing TTS as a tool for learning English at Upper Secondary School

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Jonathon Stoker; [2019]
    Keywords : TTS; struggling readers; dyslexia;

    Abstract : There are many students in the class that have dyslexia and can struggle with simple tasks such as reading. Therefore, this study set out to investigate the applications of text to speech synthesizers facilitate learning English at upper secondary with these students in focus from a teacher’s perspective. READ MORE

  6. 5. Thermodynamic and Economic Evaluation of Hybridization Biomass-solar for a Cogeneration Power Plant in a Cuban Sugar Mill, George Washington

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Silja Lehtinen; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study evaluates the thermodynamic and economic performance of hybridization of biomass-solar for a cogeneration power plant in a Cuban sugar mill, George Washington. The evaluation is performed by varying the parameters of the thermal power block and considering scenarios with 1) bagasse and marabú, 2) bagasse and solar field, and 3) bagasse, marabú and solar field as heat sources for the cogeneration cycle. READ MORE